Child’s Rice Rat vs few-flowered sedge

Nephelomys childi compared with Carex fuliginosa

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while few-flowered sedge is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	few-flowered sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Carex
Species	Nephelomys childi	Carex fuliginosa

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

few-flowered sedge

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	few-flowered sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Child’s Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

few-flowered sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Child’s Rice Rat

The Child’s Rice Rat (Nephelomys childi) is a species in the genus Nephelomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.